Genetic mutations in the gene Optic Atrophy 1 (OPA1) cause autosomal dominant optic atrophy (DOA), one of the most common forms of mitochondrial disease where mitochondria are fragmented in small vesicles. While most of […]
Competition between lysogenic and sensitive bacteria is determined by the fitness costs of the different emerging phage-resistance strategies eLife 12:e83479. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83479 Rendueles, O., De Sousa, J. and Rocha, E. Microbial community dynamics are deeply […]
In two companion papers published in Cell Reports (27601299) and Genes & Development (27798842), the Deriano lab at the Institut Pasteur Paris and the Jackson lab at the University of Cambridge UK reveal the […]
“Large phylogenies” is a half-day module withing the “Bioinformatics Workshop on Virus Evolution and Molecular Epidemiology” (VEME) workshop. This module aims discusses approaches to reconstruct large trees and to perform downstream cluster analyses on […]
Patrick C. Phillips, Ph.D. Acting Executive Director | Professor of Biology Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact https://www.uoregon.edu/accelerate https://www.uoregon.edu/~pphi Abstract: Aging is the inevitable fate of all organisms yet is […]
“Temporal construction and deconstruction of neuronal identities in development and disease: a human pluripotent stem cell perspective” Targeted differentiations of pluripotent stem cells open new avenues to study the development, evolution and disease of […]
Shahragim Tajbakhsh, head of the unit “Stem Cells and Development”, was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced grant for his project STENIPATH – Stem and niche cell dynamics in normal and pathological conditions. […]
Tuesday 26 March 2019 at 2.00 pm AUDITORIUM CENTRE F. JACOB – CFJ RdC 17c Dr. Tomoyasu AIZAWA Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, 060-0810 Sapporo, Japan Development of Novel Expression Systems […]
Thursday 18 April @ 11:00 am Auditorium F. Jacob (CFJ building) Clare M. SMITH Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham – USA Host vs Pathogen: discovering genetic drivers of diverse tuberculosis outcomes. Abstract: Genetic diversity […]
The study of the Buruli ulcer caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans led Caroline Demangel and her team to mycolactone, a toxin secreted by the pathogen. They’ve recently discovered that mycolactone operates by inhibiting the mammalian […]
Asthma is the most common chronic lung disease, caused in half the cases by exposures to allergens such as mites. Allergic asthma is characterized by eosinophilia and high levels of IgE and type 2 […]
We are pleased to welcome Aude Bernheim as a new head of a G5 research group in our department. Aude will lead the Molecular Diversity of Microbes unit. Few words about Aude: Aude is […]
Allon Weiner – Faculté de Médecine Sorbonne Université, Site Pitié-Salpêtrière – Cimi Paris Many pathogens possess the ability to invade host tissues using complex strategies that allow breaching of host barriers, subversion of host […]
Link to read the published article and download it in PDF: https://www.science.org/stoken/author-tokens/ST-2651/full Making Science Accessible: Multilingual and Simplified Versions of This Article:To bridge the gap between academic research and broader society, we produced multilingual […]
Nanopore sequencing of a monkeypox virus strain isolated from a pustular lesion in the Central African Republic Monkeypox is an emerging and neglected zoonotic disease whose number of reported cases has been gradually increasing […]
The CNRS Bronze Medal is given in recognition of the early work of researchers specializing in a given field. The Bronze Medal is a way for the CNRS to encourage researchers to continue work […]
